Sample EAH presentation to introduce EAH to employers

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Sample EAH presentation to introduce EAH to
employers This presentation can be customized
with your name, company logo, and the employers
name and logo
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Home from Work? An Employer Housing Benefit

• What is the Home from Work Campaign?
• What is Employer-Assisted Housing (EAH)?
• Why EAH is a great business tool
• How to easily use EAH to meet business objectives
• What to do next

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What is Home from Work?

• A partnership effort with the STATE Association
  of REALTORS?, the National Association of
  REALTORS?, select lender partners, nonprofit
  organizations, and employers
• Home from Work helps employers develop an
  Employer-Assisted Housing (EAH) benefits plan
  that can help achieve business goals and help
  employees with their housing needs

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What is EAH?

• An employer-provided benefit that helps
  employers achieve business goals while
  helping employees with homeownership
• Employers can choose any or all of the EAH
  benefits below
• Free home-buying educational workshops to
  employees offered by REALTORS? and lenders
• One-on-one housing counseling seminars in
  partnership with a nonprofit counseling
  agency
• Financial incentives such as a forgivable loan,
  matched savings or gifts to help employees
  purchase a home

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EAH Helps You Achieve Business Goals
8 EAH Rs

• Recruitment
• Retention
• Revitalization
• Return

• Relationships
• Reduced commuting
• Recognition
• Right thing to do

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Your Employees Value EAH

• Homeownership is the 1 consumer investment
• For lower-income and minority households, home
  equity represents four-fifths (80 percent) of
  their net wealth.
• Consumer Federation of America Press Release
  (2003)
• EAH plans typically address the biggest obstacles
  to homeownership
• Affordability
• Cash for a down payment or closing costs
• Financial literacy
• Understanding the home-buying process

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Your Community Values EAH

• Effective economic tool
• Community commitment
• Higher homeownership rates more stability
• Homeownership increases jobs and tax base
• Construction of 1,000 residences creates 2,500
  jobs, 80 million in wages, and 43 million in
  federal, state, and local taxes

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Use EAH to Meet Your Business Goals

• Home-buying
• Educational
• Workshops
• Right thing
• Recognition

One-on-One Counseling Right
thing Recognition Relationships
Financial Incentives Right
thing Recognition Relationships Reduced Commutes R
evitalization Retention Recruitment Return
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Chose Any or All Three EAH Benefits

• Free home-buying educational workshops for
  employees offered by REALTORS and lenders
• Employer sponsors one-on-one housing counseling
  seminars in partnership with a nonprofit
  counseling agency
• Direct financial benefits such as a forgivable
  loan, matched savings, grants or gifts to help
  employees purchase a home

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We Will Work with You!

• 1 Free Home-Buyer Educational Sessions
• We will conduct these workshops at a time
  convenient for
  you and your employees
• 2 One-on-One Depth Counseling
• We will introduce you to a nonprofit counseling
  agency that will conduct the sessions for your
  employees (agency typically will charge a small
  fee)
• 3 Financial EAH Incentive
• We will work with the National Association of
  REALTORS to provide free assistance to help you
  design the best EAH plan to meet your business
  needs

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Your REALTOR? and Lender Contacts

• Presenter should customize this slide with name,
  phone
  numbers, and email